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Suburb profile ·Light LGA · SA ·5350

Rosedale SA 5350

Rosedale is in Light LGA, SA, postcode 5350, with population 190.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$258/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,317
17K via Light LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
203
13 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,625
Median rent · wk$258
Investor profile

Who invests in Rosedale

Owner-occupied 81%Rented 19%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared8.1%
29 of 58 landlords
Avg rental loss$7,578/yr
Landlords (rental income)58
Reported capital gains26
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

86% of homes here are owner-occupied and 20% rented, with 8% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

86% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

13%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,625/mo, while renters pay about $1,118/mo — owning runs $507/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$101K
Median rent · wk
$258
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,625

Household income

$101K household · yr+33.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$109K
Household
$101K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
6
$650-999
10
$1,000-1,499
9
$1,500-1,999
6
$2,000-2,999
18
$3,000-3,999
10
$4,000+
6

At the median asking rent, about 20% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $860/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (64 households)6.3% social housing
Owned outright
38%
Owned with mortgage
48%
Rented
20%
Dwelling structure7.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 86% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 9% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
8
4,211 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,211
Total incidents8· 2024-25
  • Assault00%
  • Break And Enter1100%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

6,767 people · 20227,182 by 2032 (+6.1%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Lyndoch SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Rosedale SA — Property Data and Demographics

Rosedale is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Light local government area (postcode 5350). The area has roughly 190 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $101K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 21 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 7 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The median weekly rent is $258 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,625.

The crime rate in the Light LGA is moderate at 4,211 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,625
Rent · wk(Census)$258
Population growth · Light LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,317
5-year growth+1.8% CAGR
YoY change+1.5%
20012025
Development · Light LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)195
Houses195
YoY change+0%
Employment · Light LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.7%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5350ATO
Negatively geared8.1%
29 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,578/yr
Landlords (rental income)58
Reported capital gains26
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population190
Median age42
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,937
Personal income · wk$858
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,388 → $1,937
Change+39.6%
vs SA median+20.8 pp
Median rent+98.5%
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Light LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Kapunda Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Light LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places79
Wheatfields Incorporated53 places
Kapunda Homes26 places
Childcare · Light LGAACECQA
Services12
Approved places714
Exceeding NQS4
Stepping Stone Hewett Childcare & Early Development Centre130 places
Happy Haven OSHC Hewett75 places
Trinity College OSHC Roseworthy75 places
Roseworthy ELC70 places
Up N Grow Early Learning Centre65 places
Happy Haven OSHC Freeling55 places
+6 more in Light LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Rosedale rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
SA metropolitan median house sales · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Rosedale is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Rosedale feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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pop same · rent +$22/wk

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Seppeltsfield most similar
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Rosedale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rosedale in?

    Rosedale is in the Light Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5350. Council-level context for Light LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Rosedale?

    The median weekly rent in Rosedale is $258/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Rosedale a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Rosedale show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Rosedale?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Rosedale data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.